Kiran Rathod is a popular Indian film actress. She has acted in Bollywood and Tamil cinema (Kollywood). She belongs to a rajput royal family of Rajasthan.

She was born in 1981 and is a graduate of Mithibai College in Mumbai. She first started appearing in Hindi pop song albums in late 1990s when she caught the attention of Hindi movie producers and she made her first film appearance was as 'Monishka' - Hrithik Roshan's spoilt and wealthy fiancee in the film Yaadein. After a few sporadic appearances in minor films, she moved down south where she appeared in a number of huge hits: Gemini with Vikram, Anbe Sivam with Kamal Hassan, Villain with Ajith Kumar, Winner with Prashanth, and Diwan with Sarath Kumar.

Despite a good start, her career waned from 2004- and she began receiving lesser and lesser offers- as Trisha, Shreya and a number of others took over. Currently she has been back from a year hiatus to Switzerland and has done a few movies in bollywood. Quite busy with her work, she keep shifting between Chennai and Mumbai and Chennai where she has a flat in Nungambakkam. She is a huge hit with her south Indian audience/fans, especially for her beautiful smile and chubby physical personality.